122 Mr. C. Chubb on new ' 



(P.Z. S. 1864, p. 109), but which Swinhoe himself subse- 

 quently called hortulorum (P.Z. S. 1865, p. 1). 



As there is no telling where the deer confined in the Summer 

 Palace came from originally, it being just as likely that they 

 were brought from Manchuria as from the Imperial Hunting 

 Grounds, owing to the fact that part of the tribute annually 

 paid to the Imperial Manchu household from Manchuria con- 

 sisted of game of various kinds, and since Milne-Edwards 

 finds the Chihli species so distinct from the Manchurian 

 form, it seems more than likely that Swinhoe's surmise as 

 regards the common identity of his skins from the Summer 

 Palace and his New-chwang specimen was correct ; in which 

 case his name hortulorum applying to the Manchurian sika 

 is - later than his name mantchuricus, and so becomes a 

 synonym, thus leaving Milne-Ed wards's name mandarinus 

 clear for the Chihli specimen. 



This species occurs in a wild state only in the Imperial 

 Hunting Grounds, north of the famous Tung Ling (Eastern 

 Tombs), and in the Wei-ch'ang to the north of Jehol, both in 

 Chihli province, to the north and north-east of Peking. It 

 occurs in a semi-domesticated state in the magnificent park 

 at Jehol. 



Up to recent times this deer has been strictly preserved, 

 but in 1911-12 the Manchu soldiers that were sent out of 

 Peking and were camped in the Eastern Tombs and Imperial 

 Hunting Grounds were allowed to kill as many as they liked, 

 while since that date native hunters have been allowed to 

 hunt in these districts, with the result that in the wild state 

 the species is practically extinct. 



It may here be stated that unless immediate and very 

 stringent steps are taken for their protection, both C. gras- 

 sianus and C. mandarinus will become extinct, and the sika 

 no longer remain on the list of North China mammals. 



IX. — Descriptions of new Genera and a new Subspecies of 

 South American Btrd*. By Charles Chubb, F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



PSEUDOCONOPOPHAGA, gen. nov. 



The proposed new genus, which is based on Conopophaga 

 melanogaster, Menetr., is distinguished from Conojwphaga, 

 founded on Turdus auritus, Gniel., by its long and narrow bill, 

 the long tarsi and toes, the larger size, and different coloration. 



Type, P. melanogaster (Menetr.). 



